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04/12 Imtec Acculine Celebrates 40th Anniversary

16-Apr-2012

Formed in 1972, Imtec has been providing quality products and services to the
Semiconductor and related industries for 40 years. Paul Mendes, President and
CEO is very proud of reaching this milestone. “Many companies have come and gone
over that time and I think our continued success speaks to the quality of our
organization and commitment to continually providing better value to our
customers.

Originally founded in 1972 by Alan Berman, Imtec quickly became a major
supplier of high resolution photo-plates. In the mid 1980’s, Mr. Berman
recognized that the market for those products was dwindling and added quartz
heated tanks to the product offering. Within a few years, the Accubath product
line dominated Imtec’s sales and eventually the photolithography based products
were sold off.

Imtec has continued to add product lines based around wet chemical
processing, cleaning, etching, stripping, rinsing and drying. Critical
technologies were developed for Megasonic cleaning, rinsing and applying heat to
quartz and allowing for new products such as Inline heaters for liquids and
gasses.

Imtec also developed a reputation as a high quality and reliable supplier to
device and global equipment manufacturing companies. “We want OEM’s to think of
us as a company they can count on to provide custom engineered products. That
help them meet their critical requirements and do it on time at a fair price”,
says Mr. Mendes.

As equipment became increasingly sophisticated, Imtec responded by
instituting a quality management system and becoming ISO certified in 1996 and
has maintained this status since.

In 1999, Paul Mendes was hired to run day to day operations and in early 2009
took ownership of Imtec. Under his leadership, a quartz machining and
fabrication department was added. In response to this, Imtec moved to a larger
and better equipped facility. Several Product lines have been added for new
markets such as the LED, Solar, and MEMS manufacturing industries. “Alan wanted
to build a company with lasting value", Mr. Mendes said, "I am proud to carry on
that tradition. Imtec will continue to make products perform better and look for
ways to engineer new solutions for our customers. As long as we are able to
provide real value to our customers, we know the future of Imtec is
secured".

####About Imtec Acculine:

Since 1972, Imtec Acculine has consistently provided high quality products
for rapidly changing markets and technologies. The company has a broad customer
base that includes companies of all sizes, OEMS, labs, and universities from all
over the world. Innovation is a hallmark of Imtec and the company has many
industry firsts to its credit. It was the first to introduce the quartz
re-circulating bath and continues to be the world’s leading supplier of quartz
constant-temperature baths. Imtec was also the first to obtain UL safety
recognition and CE approval for its bath products. As a result of having
supplied high-quality products to a customer base of more than 500
semiconductor-related companies, Imtec Acculine’s modules and systems are
constantly optimized. Consistent with its ISO 9001 certification, Imtec Acculine
is continually involved in product improvement, evolution and new product
development, allowing the integration of leading-edge developments in system
applications.

The company’s mission is to produce consistently high-quality products that
solve real problems for its customers. As such, Imtec Acculine is committed to
the international semiconductor and related industries by providing the finest
wet-processing modules and systems.